Attack on sculptures, murals alarming: artists, activists
Artists and cultural activists on Sunday said attacks on sculptures and murals are alarming for Bangladeshi culture because they contain thousands of years through art...
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Tareque Masud鈥檚 death anniv today
The 13th anniversary of the death of the acclaimed filmmaker Tareque Masud, best known for his much-acclaimed film 鈥楳atir Moina鈥� 鈥� the first Bangladeshi film to compete in the Oscars and won the Critics鈥� Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, will be observed today...
IndustriALL calls on Bangladeshi RMG makers to protect workers鈥� rights, wages
IndustriALL, a global union federation representing over 50 million workers across 140 countries, has urged Bangladesh鈥檚 apparel manufacturers to ensure the protection of workers鈥� rights and wages during the recent unrest and curfew period in the country...
The conundrums of Bangladeshi politics
ON AUGUST 5, former prime minister Sheikh Hasina boarded a Bangladesh Air Force C-130J military transport in a hurry and fled to Hindon Air Force base, outside Delhi. Her plane was refuelled and reports said that she intended to fly on either to the United Kingdom (her niece, Tulip Siddiq is a minister in the new Labour government), Finland...
ETI urges global buyers to consider Bangladesh鈥檚 current situation
The Ethical Trading Initiative, a platform of trade unions, non-governmental organisations and companies, has urged global buyers to remain engaged with Bangladeshi suppliers to fully understand the consequences of transitions, factory shutdowns and recent unrests...
Hasina鈥檚 memory-killing tactics and our responsibility
I REGARD the people of Bangladesh as one big family. We have our individual likes and dislikes, abilities and interests, and preferences and limitations. But we share and celebrate one special identity 鈥� Bangladeshi...
Celebrating walking
YEARS ago, while attending the Asian Development Bank鈥檚 Transport Forum, a group of us went on a walking tour. At one point the sidewalk was so narrow pedestrians were in single file, queued up to wait to walk. In the midst of the noise and chaos, someone was burning trash on the sidewalk. The situation was so dismal I started cheering...
Voluntary return top reason: BBS
Around 17.28 per cent Bangladeshi expatriates returned home voluntarily after quitting their jobs overseas during the past five years...
Bangladeshi mangoes approved for export to China: embassy
China鈥檚 General Administration of Customs has made an announcement giving approval for Bangladeshi mangoes鈥� export to China...
Foreign missions working so that no more Bangladeshis in trouble: info minister
State minister for information Mohammad Ali Arafat said that Bangladesh missions aboard were working on the instructions of prime minister Sheikh Hasina so that any more Bangladeshi expatriates were not in further troubles over protests in solidarity with quota reform student movement back home...
鈥楽heikh Saadi鈥� staged in India聽
Bangladeshi theatre troupe Chandrakala Theatre staged its 18th production 鈥楽heikh Saadi鈥� at the Dinabandhu Mancha in Siliguri, West Bengal, India, on Sunday....
UAE jails 57 Bangladeshis for protests
The United Arab Emirates has handed lengthy prison sentences to 57 Bangladeshi expatriates for protesting against their government while in the Gulf country where demonstrations are banned, state media reported Monday...
Yunus urges world to 鈥榚nd violence鈥� in Bangladesh
Bangladeshi nobel peace prize laureate Muhammad Yunus urged the international community on Monday to stop the deadly violence that has wracked his country since students started protesting against civil service hiring rules...
Jailing 57 Bangladesh nationals UAE鈥檚 internal affair: FM
Foreign minister Hasan Mahmud said on Wednesday that arrest and imprisonment of 57 Bangladeshi nationals over protests in the United Arab Emirates were in accordance with their internal law...
Govt response to Bangladeshis鈥� jailing in Dubai unfortunate
THE remarks of the foreign affairs minister and the expatriate welfare and overseas employment minister that the arrest and the imprisonment of 57 Bangladeshis in Dubai is an internal affair of the United Arab Emirates are unfortunate and, therefore, unacceptable. The remarks that the ministers made in Dhaka on July 24 are nothing short...
Climate migration in the Sundarbans
IN 2022, 7.1 million Bangladeshis were forcibly displaced by weather-related events, a figure forecast to nearly double by 2050. One US Agency for International Development report estimates that 90 million Bangladeshis 鈥� 56 per cent of the population 鈥� live in regions classified as 鈥榟igh climate exposure areas.鈥� Half of them face 鈥榲ery high鈥� exposure...
Indian nationals kill 2 Bangladeshis in Sylhet border
Members of India鈥檚 Khasi ethnic community shot dead two Bangladeshi youths and injured another at Companiganj border in Sylhet on Sunday evening.
Target African, Asian, ME, GCC markets for export earnings: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked all concerned to target the markets of Middle East, gulf countries, Africa, South Asia, South East Asia, East Asia and East Europe for export earnings alongside diversifying the Bangladeshi products...
Dhaka, Delhi must work together to stop illegal organ trade
THE detention of three Bangladeshis and four Indians, including a surgeon, by the Delhi police in the past week for illegal trafficking in organs, suggests that the authorities of both the countries have failed to stop transnational illegal organ trade that has continued for years. The detained surgeon of the Delhi-based Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals...
Death of migrant workers must be investigated
THE plights of exploited migrant workers have fallen on deaf ears of successive governments as the number of death in destination countries continues to increase. The Wage Earners and Welfare Board says that at least 4,261 Bangladeshis died abroad in July 2023鈥揓une 2024. Official statistics also report a staggering 41,053 death in 2002鈥�2021...
5 Bangladeshi universities among world鈥檚 best
Five Bangladeshi universities earned spots among the world鈥檚 top institutions for the 2024-25 academic year, according to the US News and World Report, a prominent American media company renowned for its rankings and analyses...
Joint task force to protect Bangladeshi job seekers in KSA: Hasan
Foreign minister Hasan Mahmud has said a joint task force of Bangladesh and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will be formed aimed at protecting Bangladeshi job seekers from fraud...
Bangladeshi art-historian to attend ICSBA-SSINherit鈥檚 research prog in
Bangladeshi research fellow at the International Centre for Study of Bengal Art SM Saiful Islam will attend the first ever collaboration around exhibition innovations as a visiting scholar at University of Troms酶 - the Arctic University in Norway on July 7...
Musical event addresses Tagore as singer
Young Bangladeshi Tagore singer Joyita Tithi and Indian author and Tagore researcher Pitam Sengupta performed in an event on Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore on Tuesday...
Govt must work for release of Bangladeshis from foreign jails
THIS is distressing that 11,450 Bangladeshis languish, as the foreign minister said in the parliament in a scripted answer on July 1, in jails in 31 countries. Quoting Bangladesh missions abroad, the minister says that the highest of 5,746 Bangladeshis are detained in jails in Saudi Arabia. The breakdown shows that 1,579 Bangladeshis are in jails in India...
Starmer faces backlash over comments singling out Bangladeshi migrants
UK Labour Party leader Keir Starmer is facing a backlash from his own party after he singled out Bangladesh as a country where illegal migrants are not being deported quickly enough, reports ITVX...
Bangladeshis seeking asylum in EU up by 17pc
The number of first-time asylum applicants from Bangladesh seeking international protection in the European Union increased by 17.63 per cent in March this year to 4,135, compared with 3,885 in the same month of 2023...
鈥楳oyna鈥� bags award at Italian indy film fest
Bangladeshi filmmaker Monjurul Islam Megh鈥檚 film 鈥楳oyna鈥� won award in the Special Mention Feature Fiction Film category at the Gulf of Naples...
Oman lifts visa restrictions for Bangladeshis
The Omani embassy in Dhaka announced that the Sultanate of Oman had lifted temporary restrictions on 10 visa categories for Bangladeshi nationals...
Fans blame umpire for defeat
Bangladeshi fans expressed utmost dejection claiming that the field umpire deprived their side of a win in their second game of the ongoing T20 World Cup against...
